Jude or Rudy?

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Thought we had made a definite choice of name for our wee man, but now another name we like has been introduced. Can't decide. Need to firm things up before he puts in an appearance. Mind you, I suppose we could wait and see what name he "looks more like" :). Thoughts/preferences/opinions?

Jude

Jude

I prefer Jude. Rudy is too much like the word "rude".

Rudy is great. I strongly dislike Jude,and it's much more common.

Rudi rather than with a Y.

Both great names, but prefer Rudy

Rudy.....can't fail

Jude, definitely. I absolutely love the name Jude! XxX

Chinapple... this is the exact dileema we had a few years ago...DH wanted Rudy and I wanted Jude... We now have a Jude I love both names though, and it was really hard to decide.

I have a Jude - he is lovely and it's a good name.

Thanks all. I think I'm still coming down on the side of Jude. This all stemmed from DH being at a Specials concert last month and becoming quite excited at the prospect of having a little boy named Rudy. :)

Really not keen on Rudy - as someone else said, he'd end up being called rude all the time.

Love Rudy. My ds was so very nearly a Rudy. Dh is a BIG specials fan and so is my now 2 year old ds. If I ever had another he would be Rudy.

A Message to you Rudy is a brilliant tune. This however would be the best thing about being called Rudy.

Zig and Zag used to call farts rudies, and this is what the name always reminds me of, this and my neighbour's sausage dog.

Jude is much better.

we have a Rudi, because of the song and its a great name, he never gets called rude! roodlebug, tends to be his nickname, but mainly just Rudi, he loves his name (he is just 4) and we love it to :)

I'm not keen on Rudy/Rudi due to the 'rude' sound. I have an elderly German uncle called Rudolph, nickname Rudi, but at least in German you haven't go the rude association, so it works better in other languages imo.

Oh, and Jude is too feminine sounding for me, sorry.

Jude

I'm not that keen on either but if I had to choose then Jude. Agree that 'rude' is just so dominant in Rudy.

Jude DEFINITELY JUDE! I feel quite wistful about the name.... Dh vetoed it

Jude is much nicer than Rudy/Rudolph.

They are both great names - sorry, I don't think I'd be able to pick either :)

I can't quite believe some of these comments. Really - it sounds like 'rude', honestly. You're just being silly.

I love both. It's not often I find myself saying that on here.

I love both too. Rudy is such a cool little name. I know Jude is a bit more popular, but like you, BeaditAli, I am quite wistful about this name. It's kinda beautiful. :)

Both cool names , bit I think I prefer Jude.